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Dog Fights!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

14 years ago

Just sitting in my kitchen watching the hummer and all of a sudden there are 6 or 7 hummers all chasing each other at full speed. Then one comes back to eat and all of a sudden they are all chasing each other! Never had so many hummers in my yard, but none are eating. Still, it is fun!

I have seen my usual male sitting in a tree over the past few weeks watching while a female would eat. Never saw two drinking at the same time.

I have a feeling that these guys will not be sharing a feeder like I see at Steves. :c(

Ken

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hummersteve
14 years ago
Hey Ken------:)
mimidi
14 years ago
Enjoy them while you have them. These days pass before you know what happened
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I agree with sylvia, the new dog is trying to find her place by testing the waters and trying to assert her dominance now and she has sized up your older female as the easiest to dominate. I had a similar situation with a new dog and my existing dog was also meek and mild and shy with new dogs, so she surprised the heck out of me when she stood her ground and fought back. The problem for your older dog is she is meek and mild but if pushed she doesn't want a new dog coming in and bossing her around, so I think you need to take charge and make it clear to the new dog that *you* are top dog and stop the behaviour before it escalates and that as top dog you are not going to put up with it, and that her place is to fit in with the pack and not to take charge.
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This show did pacify animal lovers. I'm so happy that the animals have been given another chance. I hate that they were left isolated for several weeks in a dark container whie a decision was being made on how to handle this situation. Unless I misunderstood, that one little female dog, Rose or Miss Rose, was in so much pain and beyond help that she had to be put down. Was she left that way for those weeks while the decision was being made or was that done when they were first confiscated? People who sponser those fights all over the country most likely don't watch Animal Planet, nor would they be interested in seeing it on another channel. I don't think this show will have any impact on them. I just hope and pray that neighbors or people who know where these fights are taking place will report them. They are low life scumbags who obviously have no regard for living beings. I wish they would be thrown into a pen with those dogs they trained to fight and suffer the consequences of their deeds.
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monica33flowers
14 years ago
I had those last weekend as well. The males still keep a vigilant watch when they are at the feeders.

Aren't they just a blast watching them and all their little antics?
jeelli
14 years ago
We've been noticing a lot more "Bird Battles" lately- is this normal? It's a wonder anyone can get in for a drink!!!
tracey_nj6
14 years ago
Glad the show keeps getting better for you Ken! I'm experiencing some fighting as well, so I'm guessing the migrators are moving on down. I'm seeing a few more females, and they're sociable, unlike my "resident" female. I was checking out the activity in my butterfly cage, and looking in thru the other side was a curious female. If there was one time to have the camera handy, that was definitely it! Of course, no camera in sight, grrrr.
hawkeye_wx
14 years ago
Last night confirmed what I suspected... that I have two juvies coming to my yard. They both arrived at the lady in red salvia container at the same time in the evening. They both have some markings on their throat so I think they are both males, and it was the more heavily marked hummer that chased after the other. The same thing has happened a couple times this morning. I don't think the odds are good I'll ever see two hummers use a flower or the feeder at the same time peacefully.
eigdeh
Original Author
14 years ago
I am thinking that next year will be better for both of us hawkeye.

I don't have the 7 or more dog fighting as I did that one night, but I do have several still chasing eash other. They are doing such a great job of chasing each other that the sugar water levels do not drop much at all! I was away for two days this weekend and it was almost as full when I got back as it was when I left! There are hummers drinking from the feeders too. I just don't know how many hummers some folks have that they need to use a quart, or gallon, of sugar water every day or so!

Ken
hawkeye_wx
14 years ago
My aggressive juvie male is very active today, pretty much just hanging out in my yard and coming to the flowers and feeder every 20 minutes. The victoria blue salvia pot attracts tons of bees. At least a few times the hummer was searching the blooms and ran into a bumble bee. Each time, the hummer chased the bee around the yard, darting right, left, up, down, etc. It is pretty amusing to watch. This juvie male is clearly pretty territorial.

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